The wife of a man who was killed in a shoot-out with another motorist who also died at an Ionia car wash said her husband's death followed a confrontation between both men.

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The wife of a man who was killed in a shoot-out with another motorist who also died at an Ionia car wash said her husband's death followed a confrontation between both men.

A crying Teri Pullum can be heard during a call to 911 telling an unidentified person near the Wonder Wand Auto Wash on Steele Street that "road rage" led to Wednesday's shooting.

She told a dispatcher that 43-year-old James Pullum "got in a fight and the guy pulled a gun on him," according to the 911 recording.

Pullum and 56-year-old Robert Taylor were killed after exchanging gunfire about 7 p.m. Wednesday at the car wash. The shooting stemmed from an earlier confrontation while they were driving in the area, police said.

James Pullum, his wife and mother Bernadine Pullum were in a Ford Taurus. Taylor was driving behind them.

Police have said that James Pullum and Taylor each had valid licenses to carry concealed weapons. It was not clear who fired first.

Snap Fitness of Ionia trainer Tony Holtrust was working at Ionia Wash King laundromat as the night shift attendant Wednesday evening when he heard the gun shots outside.

"I was counting the till and I heard a sound outside and I said, 'That's got to be a gunshot based on the way it is ringing through the building,'" Holtrust said.

Holtrust told his co-worker to call 9-1-1 and then heard four more shots and ran to the scene.

"I approached the silver Taurus and I saw a guy with a gun in his hand, so I told him I was going to kick the gun out of his hand and then asked him if he was all right. There was a lot of blood and his was blinking and moaning," said Holtrust.

Then, he turned to the next shooter, who he reported was gasping and turning purple. "I tried to do CPR and I yelled, 'Where are the cops?' and eventually they came all at once," said Holtrust.

Police continue to interview witnesses to try to determine who fired the first shot and what initiated the incident, which is still under investigation by the IDPS, assisted by the Ionia County Sheriff's Office and Michigan State Police.